Belt-support.



F. F. KNOTHE.

BELT SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 7, 1915.

1,165,979,. Patented Dec. 28, 1915.

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entrain srarias rarnivr orrion FRANK F. KNO'IHE, 0F RIDGEWOOD, NEW JERSEL ASSIG'NOR TO KNOTHE BROTHERS, INC., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BELT-SUPPORT.

Application filed May 7, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK F. KNoTrIE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Ridgewood, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Belt-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for containing, supporting and exhibiting belts of the type designed for personal wear, and its objects are, first, to provide a holder engageable with a belt loosely wound into a flattened, spiral coil in such manner as to preserve its shape and to act as a support for the belt when displayed without other container.

A second object is to so construct the holder that it may be used to maintain a belt in such coiled condition while within a suitable box or container, untarnished, and for the further purpose of holding the belt buckle out of contact with the belt coils, thereby preventing discoloration of the belt surface, inevitable where metallic parts rest for any great length of time in intimate contact with the highly finished surface of a belt made from leather or the like.

A final object is to provide such supports in so simple and cheaply constructed forms that their cost is negligible.

These objects are attained by the novel combination, construction of parts and processes hereafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a common waist belt held within a container and engaged with a holder made in conformity with the invention, parts of the container being broken away to show the interior. Fig. 2 is a similar perspective view of a belt engaged with the support only, as for exhibition purposes, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the belt support in detail.

The ordinary belt or strap, used in encir cling the waist for supporting the nether garments, as made of real or imitation leather or like material, cannot be sharply folded, else cracks and deteriorations ap Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, 1915. Serial No. 26,473.

pear depreciating the value; neither can they well be exposed, packed or stored when fully extended because of their length, nor

is it found satisfactory to roll them tightly into a coil. Experience indicates that a loosely wound coil of considerable size, in which the convolutions rest lightly on each other is best; such coiled belt is indicated by the numeral 10, in Figs. 1 and 2, the buckle 11 including its tongue, being on the outer, extreme end, while one or more loops 12 are secured near it, the loops being receptive of the opposite end 13 of the belt when in operative position. When on sale or in storage such belts are usually contained in cardboard boxes 15, having a tight fit ting cover 16, to prevent the intrusion of dust, insects or other things which would do damage, the belt being held in its coiled shape by means of an elastic band or card which too frequently leaves marks or traces of its use.

In this invention a relatively wide holder, in the form of band or loop substantially rigid and forming a hollow rectangular frame, is used, the sides 18 of which are suited to nearly contain the width of the belt, the latter resting on the base 19, while the upper element 20 prevents the natural tendency of the belt from uncoiling or ex panding. This holder is fitted to be received slidably within the box 15, the upper surface 20 being below the edge of the same and it may be positioned either centrally, or at one end, the latter being preferably as, if the belt be properly rolled, the buckle 11 may be disposed on top of the member 20 and thus kept out of contact with the belt coiled below. When it is desired to place the belt on exhibition the holder is moved along the belt to a more nearly central position, the base 19 then acting, by reason of its comparative stiffness and length, in all cases greater than the width of the belt, as a support when placed upon a level surface.

I am aware that it is not new to use a box to contain a belt or to confine the belt by common expedients, but I believe the combination herein described to be novel and therefore claim In a belt support, the combination With a the upper end of the outer coil and its atboX, of a substantially rigid, rectangular tached buckle being disposed on the top of frame, open at both ends and receiving the said frame.

coiled belt, said frame having relatively In testimony whereof I have signed my 10 5 Wide side members slidable longitudinally name to this specification.

Within said boX and removable therefrom, FRANK F. KNOTHE.

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